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A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.

Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer. In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. Pope. To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

Same as List, n., 6.

with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder.

One who listens; a hearkener.

One who makes a list or roll.

Of or pertaining to listerism.

cs in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

To make antiseptic.

Attentive [Obs.] Spenser.

The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.

Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift.

, a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.

A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character. Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies…

Litharge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.] -- lite. See -lith.…

Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

eing a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

State of being literate.